Killer Chrome Extension here. Quickly see what the “mobile view” of any website.
I like.
Archives For Tools
A friend, Peter Pollock, just recently published his book, Web Hosting for Dummies, via Wiley Publishers and I’m proud to be a part of this publication as the Technical Editor.
There’s something about Soundcloud that really intrigues me. I think it’s a technology and community that could end up being vastly more disruptive than what the founders had anticipated or set out to do.
With over 38M users and about 5% of them “Pro” subscribers ($38 per year USD) it could be a $72M a year business (although Forbes cite it’s a third of that, with around $20M in sales last year). Profitability isn’t my point though because I’m sure it’ll continue to scale quite nicely.
Imogen Heap is amazing. This blew my mind. If you have 20 minutes to spare you must watch this. I was literally enthralled by not only her performance but her description of the technology and how she came about it and developed it.
I find the timing of this particular issue very interesting and perhaps even fortuitous for my little app, Pressgram. It’s important and it matters. If it can happen there then it can happen here, in the US.
Time to wake up. Your resignation is pitiful.
I went ahead and deleted my entire Vimeo account as I was unable to find a mass or bulk-delete function – boo on you Vimeo as you promised that you’d build it but never did.
It’s hard to imagine that I’ve been a part of that network for over 5 years – I raved about the service when it first came online and continued to do so until it began to really atrophy as a technological solution. Something happened with the service and it stopped innovating.
I’m continuing to develop out Pressgram at nights and binging on the weekends. Read more about this first look here.
I’ve shared a little while back that my family is going through a significant period where we are reducing the amount of “stuff” in our lives to an extreme.
Well, not extreme-extreme, but extreme enough for us as a family unit. Big movements like selling / donating most of our library, changing our digital lives and dependency on devices as well as taking a hard look at our financial structure is all part of the plan.
For my own part I’m removing a bunch of subscription services that I do not have to have, even applications that I really really really like, such as Dropbox.
Have you seen or tried Gumroad?
It’s an incredibly-simple way to sell almost anything. The interface is beautiful and intuitive and setting up shop is one of the easiest and most-pleasant experiences I’ve ever had.
In fact, I was planning on migrating to their system for my eBooks until I retired them all recently. Look at these screenshots of the entire back-end and front-end experience to get an idea of how it works:
